Fire damages three house early Sunday

 

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FIRE DAMAGES THREE HOUSES EARLY SUNDAY

DRIVERS ON I-90 REPORTED SMOKE FROM FIFTH AVENUE HOMES

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A fire that damaged three homes in the 300 block of East Fifth Avenue early Sunday morning is under investigation.

 

More than 40 firefighters contained the blaze to the three homes and extinguished the fires in two hours.  No injuries were reported.

Fire Communications received multiple reports from drivers on I-90 of smoke coming from three homes, 351, 359 and 363 East Fifth Avenue just after 6 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire on all floors of the three structures. Second and third alarms were quickly requested due to the fire's increasing intensity and threat to adjacent businesses.  

 

Despite intense flames reaching skyward and threatening adjacent businesses, companies successfully confined the greater alarm blaze to the original structures, preventing it from consuming the majority of the structures. 

Fire loss is still being estimated.  The cause of the fires is still being investigated. 

Working smoke detector alerts homeowner to fire

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WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR ALERTS HOMEOWNER TO FIRE

REMINDER TO CHANGE YOUR BATTERIES THIS WEEKEND WITH YOUR CLOCKS

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Firefighters contained a fire started by food left cooking unattended to the kitchen of a northeast Spokane home Friday night. The home's lone occupant escaped without injury.

The fire started about 7:30 pm when the homeowner left the kitchen to take a phone call and was extinguished about 10 minutes after firefighter arrived. Smoke damaged additional rooms throughout the home in the 2500 block of N. Upriver Ct. A working smoke detector alerted the homeowner to the fire and prevented her from potential injury, according to firefighters. Damage was estimated at $20,000.

The Spokane Fire Department reminds people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors this weekend when they change their clocks.